Fifty Years Ago In The News-Post Files Item
Fifty years ago March 18 191% Mrs Clara V Humm wife of John W Humm president of the Frederick County Agricultural Society died at her home near Harmony Grove A Motor Club of Washington endurance run to include Frederick planned A horse ran away on South Market Street near AH Saints Street and stopped at Garber and Greensley A Buckeystown Cross Country Club performance with songs music and sketches A fire at Creagerstown killed Mrs George W Hann wife of P A Hann Co at Dr J S Young home The Linseed oil and red paint incident injured cows near the reservoir area Frederick City Abandx work rising with a 70 foot concrete chimney Postmaster William C Birely receives Taft appointment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara V. Humm
John W. Humm
Frederick County Agriculural Society
Harmoony Grove
Automo! Club of
Washington
Frederick
Gus Hendrickson
Urbana
South Market Street
City
AH Saints
South Streets
Garber and Green
Cross Country Club
Buckeystown
George W. Hann
Creagerstown
J. S. Young
Taneytown
Charles Speak
P. A. Hann and Co
Library Paste
McKaig
Reservoir Pike
Barkier
Frederick City
Riley
William C. Birely
Taft
Government Spending Turmoil Sparks Anti Tax Debate
A 1930s era piece contrasts the growing federal state and local budgets with overall economic output. It warns that doubling government spending in a decade could lead to heavy taxation and even communism, urging a halt to government expansion. It also reports 35 drivers passed tests at the Maryland DMV exam, listing names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev Peasis
Brookhill Adult Bible Class Holds March Meeting at Yellow Springs
The Brookhill Adult Bible Class met at the Yellow Springs church, with Mrs. Mar Reser presiding. Plans included a Stanley party at Community Hall in May, election of officers, A study of the Gospel of John planned for next quarter, and refreshments served by Mrs. Hartsock and Mrs. Keyser. Hospital notes list Mrs. Betty J. Wade and infant discharged from Waynesboro, Judy and Linda Eyler of Keymar had tonsillectomies, and Kimberly Gardner treated at City Hospital in Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhill
Yellow Springs
Mar Reser
Har
Barton
Mrs. Morgan
Frank Smith
Harold Ziegier
Wilbur Hartsock
May
Sessons
Berius Mercer
Hartsock
Marcus Keyser
Betty J. Wade
Cascade
Waynesboro Hospital
Judy
Linda Eyler
Keymar
Gettysburg Hospital
Kimberly Y. Gardner
City Hospital
Martinsburg
Twenty Years Ago In The News Post March 18 1941
Authority sources said Mussolini blitz in Albania was disastrous cutting 50 000 Italian troops in seven days. Dr Charles Conley Jr Bucke rstown death from heart attack en route. Stanley Luther Spalding Point of Rocks telegraph er dies. Churchill reports sinking three German submarines and cruisers crossing Atlantic. A record cold March and blizzard caused seven deaths nationwide. John J Umstead BuckLedge farmer dies of heart attack at 69. Sunday Sports Bill in House of Delegates killed. Potomac Edison deposits at 313000 amid hard work and Yankee ingenuity. Chimney fire at residences 225 227 West Seventh Street W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini Manly
Albania
Charles Conley Jr
Buckerstown
Stanley Luther Spalding
Point of Rocks
Churchill
Atlantic
John J. Umstead
Buck Ledge
Poolesville
House of Delegates
J. Tyson Lee
Jast Nishi
Fundameantals
March winds and Irish heritage in Maryland lore
Elsie White Haines reflects on spring, March’s lore, and Ireland’s influence in Maryland history. She notes March proverbs, St. Patrick’s Day origins, and a 1634 proclamation naming New Ireland County with Irish settlers linking to Cecil and Harford Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter
Martius
Mars
Erstand
Scotland
Ireland
St. Patrick
Euriobe
Europe
England
Maryland
New Ireland
Lord Baltimore
Cecil
Harford
New Connaught
New Munster
New Leinster
George Talbot
Roscommon
Edward O'Dwyer
Tipperary
Engagement of Evelyn Sowers and Felix Flanagan Jr.
Mr and Mrs Harry S Sowers of Burkitsville announce the engagement of their daughter Evelyn Louise to Felix Taylor Flanagan Jr son of Mr and Mrs Felix T Flanagan of Walkersville Miss Sowers a Middletown High School graduate and employee at Grangers Mutual Insurance Middletown is engaged Flanagan a Walkersville High School graduate and member of the Frederick City Police Department No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Sowers
Burkitsville
Evelyn Louise
Felix Taylor Flanagan Jr
Felix T. Flanagan
Walkersville
Sowers
Middletown High School
Grangers Mutual Insurance Company
Middletown
Flanagan
Walkersville High School
Frederick City
Pythian Sisters Meet in Mt City Temple No 14 Meeting Notes
The Pythian Sisters of Mt City Temple No 14 held their March 13 meeting with Most Exlient Chief Eleanor Fout presiding. A donation was made to the Heart and Epilepsy fund. Two guests attended. Plans include an April 1 book sale and an April 3 covered dish supper, with District Deputy Grand Chief Eileen Kelly to make an official visit that night. Retired publisher John Day Jackson, 92, of New Haven, died Friday in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Mt. City Temple No. 14
Eleanor Fout
Alma Ross
Virginia Waters
Eileen Kelly
New Haven, Conn
John Day Jackson
New Haven Register
The
New Haven Journal- Courier
Keath
Oneue
Hartford
Guard switches over Washington from guns to missiles
Guided missiles have completely replaced conventional antiaircraft guns in the Army. The Army said the last National Guard battery to convert to missiles was a battalion at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The regular Army and other National Guard batteries had completed the switch earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
National Guard
Milwaukee
Wis
Regular Army
Local 4H tour and ceremony at St Mary's Seminary Junior College
The passage notes the attendance of county and home demonstration staff including Miss Nicholson, president of the Older Youth group, with other state 4H Club members on a tour. A ceremony honoring older 4H Club members was held at St. Mary's Seminary Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sistant County
Bfiss Frederica Russell
Beatric Fehr
Robert Smariga
St. Mary's County
Lotterly
Tudor Hall
First State House
Patuxent Naval Base
Margaret Nicholson
Travis Zeiler
Rebecca Warner
Ralph Harbaugh
Betty Ann Stiles
David Winpigier
Weddings Tie Kebne Strathern to Robert Kebne
Miss Cecelia Strathern daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon T Bear Sr of Danielsville Pa formerly of Lewistown and Robert Kebne son of Mr and Mrs Lee Kupferberg of Dill avenue were married March 4 at Trinity Chapel Evangelical Reformed United Church Christ Rev Paul L Althouse officiated The bride wore her mother in law style gown and was given away by her father A reception followed at the home of Mr and Mrs Ritenour Shoemaker aunt of the groom presided at the punch bowl The couple both attended Frederick High School and the University of Maryland The groom is a Yale technical student and will graduate Recital at Hood Head College will present pianist James Matt in Brodbeck Halls Tuesday at 8 His European awards and United States returns were noted The Hood Recital will feature works by Scarlatti Schubert Schumann Debussy Prokofiev
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Bear
Danielsville
Warren Larkin
Jeffery Kehne
Ritenour
Shoemaker
Max Hill
Frederick High School
University of Maryland
Srcom
Yale Technical 1i Pa
Will Gra
Realtor Appealing Assessment in Maryland Tax Court
Philip Wertheimer, a Middletown real estate broker, asks the Maryland Tax Court to review an assessment on his mixed use building. He claims the 80 percent of market value levy is excessive, noting net income near $700 and a market value between 20 000 and 32 000. County officials upheld the assessment after a local hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Wertheimer
Middletown
Maryland Tax Court
State Tax Court
Hood College
Stronghold
Sugar Loaf
Wertheimer
Board of County Commissioners
Supervisor of Assessments
PE Revenue and Plans for New Office Near Hagerstown
PE revenue and customer base showed growth with minor outages. Board reviewed space needs study by Ebasco Services and Lacy Atherton Davis as architects for a new general office near Hagerstown, planned for late next year. APS award cited 1960 safety performance. staff leadership and a course on American freedoms noted. Also report on Tri State Electrical Supply Co sales meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with dealers from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ebasco Services
Hartisburg
Lacy
Potomac Edison Empires
Allegheny
APS
MacDonald
Ermers
J. H. Gampril
Harry J. Lebhere
Paul 3. Michael
Benjamin B. Rosen
G. Frank Thomes
Raymond E. Creager
Mervynes Fuss
Newick
Asa H .Watkins
Air
Tri-state Electrical Supply Co., Inc
Francis Scott Key
C. William Herzog
Baltimore
Herzog
Electrical Supply Co
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Frederick
Westminster
Cumberland
Chambersburg
Harrisonburg
Deaths and funerals in area notices crash through Brunswick and Boonsboro
Mrs. George Hanson 82 died at Hancock Rest Home. Surviving sister Florence Nicodemus. brother Edward Thompson. Funeral at C. H. Feete and Brother Brunswick. Interment Fairview cemetery Harpers Ferry. Infant Patricia Lynn Korrell died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Surviving parents and siblings. Graveside service at Rocky Springs cemetery. Harsh infant died at Charles Town General Hospital. Graveside service St Luke's cemetery Point of Rocks. Mrs Nan Littleton Vorous died at Fairfax Hospital. H Vernon Young 88 of Boonsboro died at Washington County General Hospital. Surviving include son Roscoe F. Young and several relatives. Funeral at East Funeral Home Boonsboro Sunday. Interment Boonsboro cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Maryland
Department of Motor Vehicles
Larry Eugene Mills
South Carroll Street
Albert
Michael Slomebeck
East Coast Relay Station
Frederick
Earl Edmund Gammell Jr
Thurmont
James Luther Ingram Jr
Jefferson
Virginia Hodges Johnston
Brunswick
Robert William Buel
Constance Gough Bloom
Fort Detrick
June Lar Jan Hines
Knoxville
John William Brookfield
Red
Ethel McDonald Shores
Point of Rocks
Homer Lee Peterson
Edward Philip Thomas
Lee Place
David Bustamante Alzamora
Rosemont
Andrew Rource Jr
RFD Q
Fredrick
Patricia Fell O'Hara
West Eighth Street
Mildred Elizabeth Shelton
Walkersville
Betty Barnett Mick
Fairlane Trailer Park
James Lee Siles
East Fifth Street
Geraldine Melonee Miles
Gaith
George Hanson
Ida Catherine Hanson
Hancock Rest Home
Edward and
Ella Beck Thompson
Lebanon
Eastern Star of
Edward RB. Thompson
Tampa
Florida
Florence Nicodemus
W. B Street
C. H. Feete and Brother
Bronday
William Warner
Fairview Cemetery
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Patricia L. Korrell
Patricia Lynn Korrell
Charles L
Iris Honeycutt Korrell
Rocky Springs
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Terry E
Deborah Ann
Charles W
Ricky L. Korrell
Gideon Korrell
Adelaide Honeycutt
Concord
N. C
Erchison and Son
Benjamin
Annie Mullican Harsh
Charles Town General Hospital
Edgar Harsh
Mary Carr
St. Luke’s Cemetery
Ralph H. Miller
C. H. Feete
H. Vernon Young
Young Avenue
Boonsboro
Washington County General Hospital
All Was Not Calm 25 Years Ago
The Potomac area faced severe flood damage with Brunswick Point of Rocks and nearby towns hit hard. Repairs began as train service and bus routes resumed. area losses reached about 1.3 million across several communities. Officials projected bridge replacements cost around 225 thousand to over 1.2 million plus road damages. No lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Brunswick
Point of Rocks
Heater
Frederick County
Knoxville
Furnace Ford
Harpers Ferry
Funeral Services Held for Local Residents in Two Churches
Funeral services were conducted for several local residents. Interments followed at St. John’s Cemetery and Mount Olivet Cemetery. Rev. Ivan G. Naugie and Rev. Donald Plank officiated, with arrangements by M. R. Etchison and Son and local funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comfort Miller
East Church Street
Ivan G. Naugie
Salem Evangeli Playes
Reli
Fred Taverner
Dewey C. Forema
Elbert Koontz
John Motes
Mount of Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Fimeral
Mrs William Storm Undergoes Throat Operation at Mont Hospital
Among the sick Mrs. William Storm is expected to be charged Tuesday at ity Hospital and will convalesce at the home of Castie. Willis Mrs. Richard Dee South Street has been sent to a home and underwent throat operation. Mrs. John M. Zimmerman of Maple Homestead has returned home after several days in Felix Memorial Hospital following minor surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ms. Storm
Eewell Terrace
Castie
Storm
Willis
Richard Dee South
Flix Memorial Hospital
Wedding Anniversary and Birth Notices in Brief
Mr. and Mrs Harry C J Quinn Road observe wedding anniversary on Sant Tick's Day. Mr Jones remains ill but slowly improving. Mr and Mrs James E Mc Cleaf Calloway Md announce birth of their second son Kevin Patrick on February 28. Mrs McClear is the former Janice Bailey. Professor and Mrs Paul F Mechi Montclaire Avenue welcome adopted daughter Mary Elizabeth born February 17, arrival March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C_ J Quinn
Jones
James E. McCleaf
Calloway
Braddock Heights
Kevin Patrick
McClear
Janice Bailey
Paul F. Mechi
Montclaire Avenue
Houck Returns From Sixth Fleet Cruise Aboard USS Harlan R. Dickson
Earl E. Houck yeoman second class USN son of Mr and Mrs Earl W Houck of Frederick Maryland returned to Newport R I February 25 aboard the destroyer USS Harlan R Dickson following a six and one half month cruise with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houck
Newport
Earl E. Houck
USN
Earl W. Houck
East Third Street
Frederick
Harlan R. Dickson
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Elks Club and Campbell Estate Bequests Noted
The Campbell estate includes personal items such as flat silver three-candle holders Italian pottery and a gold watch with remaining jewelry divided between Miss Shafer’s heirs. Lenhart and Mrs. Roy are named executors with purchase rights. the estate also covers cash proceeds from sale. Miss Shafer’s will probates with Orphans Court. widow renounces claim to her dower. A separate Adamstown bequest leaves two-thirds of cash to daughter Mrs. Ine Carey. dated March 17, 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenhart
Roy
Orphans Court
An Coulter
Arcaie T. Shafer
Mae Shafer
Miss Shafer
Sr. Bowers
Carolyn Acore
David C. Kanade
Adamstown
Ine M. Carey
Birthday party marks Howard Kosh’s 76th milestone
A surprise party at his son-in-law’s Lewistown home honored Howard Kosh aged 76. Attendees included Arthur Burkett, Guy Burkett, Harvey Rice, Carlton Tors, B Wagner and family, Jane Ridgely, Terry Rippeon, Ann Putman, Donald Shepley, Hilda Shepley, Eugene Beachley, Nancy Warfield, with absent daughters Alta Shaw and Lena Lambert due to illness. Mrs Shepley baked a pink and white cake with 76 candles. Also notes Leesburg Court convictions for James Howser Jr. in Knoxville for drunk in public, fined $10 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kosh
Martin Shepley
Lewistown
Arthur
Guy Burkett
Harvey Rice
Carlton Tors
B. Wagner
Sandy
Jane Ridgely
Terry Rippeon
Ann Putman
Donald Shepley
Hilda Shepley
Eugene Beachley
Nancy Warfield
Kolb
Alta Shaw
Lena Lambert
Shepley
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News-Post
Elsie White Haines
Hood Head College
Acc
James Matt
Brodbeck
Vierma
Austria
Academy of Music
Texas
Felis
IE Rosciu
Busoni
Bozano
Italy
Mathis
United States
Hood
Scarlatti
Schubert
Schumann
Debussy
Prokofiev
Cincago
Wiliam McCoy
McCoy
John A. Vorous
Nan Littleton Vorous
Oakton
Fairfax Hospital
Nan T. Baker
Robert Littleton
Robbert Littleton
Fort Monroe
Thomas Littleton
U. S. Air Force
Spain
Jonas S
Annie Sigler Young
Trinity Vane Igelical Lutheran Church of
Roscoe FE. Young
Florence Young
Alma Beachley
Staniey Young
Clarence Young
Jean
Millard Young
East Funeral Home
Rchard F. Batman
Paul Kauffman
Rea Be, Tt
Abraham Lincoln
Ersville
Funeral Home
Church Street
Gary Main
Walter Smith
Donald Wachier
St. John’s Certery
Ison and Son
Jonas Hopkins Hospital
Balti More
Locust Grove
the Brethre
Donald Plank
Frederick Memorial Park
Oral G Watz
Winfield
Richard Poitson
Marya
St. James Episcopal Church
Louisa
Mt. Olivet
Elks Club
Campbell Estate
Leesburg
James Frederick Howser Jr
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